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u_dang ?ec amat .on Success <br />W'-en the m i nes were oermi t Led t".e ear'; y 1 980' s , a very 11 arge <br />area was planned for surface d i s zurbance . Original l y . 4 underground <br />longwail mines were planned at high production rates. An old map <br />from the original permitting was found which snows the proposed <br />d'sturbed area at that time. It is included as Exhibit M-1A. By <br />overlaying this map on Exhibit K-1, which delineates the pre- <br />exist-Mg vegetative commun i ties , It -is seen that the or i g i na l m, r.e <br />pear,contemplated a large disturbance in the meadow community. Many <br />samples were taken in the meadow area east of Highway 13. <br />Exhibit C-7 shows the cwrrert. disturbed area, which was reclaimed <br />-,n 1 986 . By overlaying this map on Exh i b i t K-1, it i s seen that the <br />disturbed area is comprised o` land that, when the mires were <br />originally permitted in the 1980's, consisted of mountain shrub <br />community, b i g sage community, pre-law mine disturbance and a small <br />portion of meadow community at the Northern #1 Mine. <br />From the baseline vegetation section of the permit, Chapter K, the <br />total vegetative cover for each of the communities is as shown <br />below: <br />Meadow Community: 97.8% See page K-14 of permit. <br />Big Sage Community: 65.2% See page K-18 of permit. <br />mountain Shrub Community: 65.1% See page K-24 of permit. <br />Exhibit K-1 shows that almost the entire area of the Rienau #2 mine <br />was previously disturbed by pre-law mining. Judging from the <br />terrain and the surrounding communities, it is safe to estimate <br />that the R i enau #2 pond area was or i g i na i y located -in the b i g sage <br />community and the mine area on the west side of Highway 13 was <br />located in the mountain shrub community. <br />The refuse area is located in land that was originally big sage <br />community. The Northern 41 topsoil stockpile area was also located <br />.In the big sage community. <br />The Northern #1 Mine area was located in portions of big sage, <br />mountain shrub and meadow. For this reason, the original surveyed <br />rec'amation map of the mine area at a scale of 1"=100' has been <br />used to delineate the original vegetative communities. !t <br />included in this section as Exhibit1-18. <br />Rev?? gltO\ .0 ( -t2? <br />